这部电影讲述了1969年北大荒林区迎来了一批知青青年，他们来自全国各地，看着这些青春洋溢、稚嫩的脸庞，这里的人们相信他们会给北大荒带来巨大的改变。这群青年性格迥异，再加上来自全国各地，他们的生活习惯和思想认真有很大的不同，刚来到这里这群年轻人就摩擦不断，，在这里他们每个人都发挥自己长处，经过重重困难，他们从冲动、软弱、自卑、迷茫慢慢变得自信、坚韧、成熟，这个争执不断的小群体现在变成了其乐融融的大家庭，这些年他们去海边搜集过海带来治疗雀盲眼，去黑龙江边界巡逻，在新疆引进细羊毛等等，在这个如此恶劣的环境下，他们面对着各种突发情况，身心经历着痛苦的磨砺，最终他们的坚持得到了回报，这里也在他们的建设下发生了翻天覆地的变化

This movie tells the story of a group of educated youths who came from all over the country in 1969 in the wild forest area of Beida. The people here believe that they will bring great changes to the Great Northern Wilderness. This group of young people has very different personalities, plus they come from all over the country, and their living habits and thinking are very different. When they first came here, these young people had constant friction. Difficulties, they have gradually become confident, tenacious, and mature from impulsive, weak, inferior, and confused. This small group of constant disputes has now become a happy and harmonious family. Over the years, they have gone to the beach to collect sea belts to treat birds' blindness. Going to patrol the border in Heilongjiang, introducing fine wool in Xinjiang, etc. In such a harsh environment, they faced various emergencies and experienced painful physical and mental trials. In the end, their persistence was rewarded, and here is where they Under the construction of the building, earth-shaking changes have taken place